Bulletin board



Jan. 4, 1938. T. F. GOSSETT 2,104,366

BULLETIN BOARD Filed Aug. 25, 1956 Patented Jan. 4, 1938 UN ITED" STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to bulletin boards, and it is primarily an object of the invention to provide a board of this kind to be used for church notices although it is to be understood that the board may be employed in connection with other kinds of notices.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a device of this kind comprising a case having a closed back together with a transparent panel for closing the front portion of the case yet permitting visual access to the notices placed upon the back board of the case and wherein the case may be locked to prevent unauthorized access within the case.

The invention also has for an object to provide a bulletin board of this kind wherein the desired notices are encased in a manner to permit ready visual access to the notices and also wherein such notices are effectively protectedagai-nst dust and the like.

Furthermore, it is an object of the invention to provide a bulletin board including a desired number of notice holders and wherein each of said holders together with the bulletin board is provided with means for detachably yet effectively maintaining the holder in applied position with respect to the board.

The invention consists in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts of my improved bulletin board whereby certain important advantages are attained and the device rendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenient and advantageous for use, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The novel features of my invention will hereinafter be definitely claimed.

In order that my invention may be the better understood, I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a view in front elevation of a bulletin board constructed in accordance with an embodiment of my invention;

Figure 2 is a fragmentary elevational view of a holder as herein embodied with a strip applied thereto;

Figure 3 is a sectional View taken substantially on the line 33 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 4-4 of Figure 2;

Figure 5 is a sectional View taken substantially on the line 5-5 of Figure 3 with the screw turned into locking position;

Figure 6 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional View illustrating another embodiment of my invention and with the parts in looking position; Figure 7 is an elevational view of the structure illustrated in Figure 6 with the parts in unlocked position. 5

As disclosed in the accompanying drawing, my improved bulletin board comprises a case C of desired dimensions and which comprises in its construction a frame I with which is associated a door 2 and a back board 3. The back board 3 10 is adapted to have mounted thereon for desired display the desired number of notice holders 4. Each of these holders 4' is preferably made of stainless metal in order to substantially eliminate the liability of staining or otherwise marring I5 the notice strip 6 applied to the holder. The manner of applying the strip 6 to the notice holder 4 is performed by completely removing notice holder 4 from back board 3 then inserting strip 6 in either end of guideways 5 of notice 2 holder 4, sliding same into desired position in notice holder 6. The strip 6 is preferably of paper stock or desired weight and upon which is printed or otherwise produced the desired notice. Strip 6 is cut in desired width so same will slide freely back and forth in guideways 5 thereby facilitating the ready adjustment of position if desired.

The extremities of the holder are provided with the open slots 1 disposed lengthwise of the holder and substantially in alignment one with the other.

The door 2 has a marginal portion thereof hingedly connected, as at 8, to a desired member of the frame I of the case, and when the door 2 35 is in its closed position it is preferably looked as generally indicated at 9, against opening. This locking means, as indicated in Figure 1, is of a type requiring the use of a key to release the door. The purpose of this is to provide means to 40 prevent unauthorized persons having access within the case to interfere in any way with the notices arranged upon the back board 3.

It is also to be noted that the door 2 com prises a transparent panel Ill preferably of glass 45 which is of such area as to assure desired visual access to the various notices positioned within the case when the door 2 is closed.

In placing a holder 4 upon the back board 3, one end portion of the holder is engaged beneath 50 the head I2 of a member I 2' threading into the back board 3, said member l2 being received within the open slot 1 within said end portion of the holder 4.

The holder 4 throughout its entire length is 55 brought into close contact with the back board 3 and a retaining or holding member I3 is received within the slot I in the opposite end portion of the holder. As particularly illustrated in Figures 3 and 5 this holding member I3 constitutes an eye screw threading into the back board ,3. With the eye head of this screw I3 positioned as illustrated in Figure 3 the same will readily pass through the adjacent slot I of the holder 4, but upon turning the head I3 to substantially right angles to what is shown in Figure 3 the eye screw provides an effective medium for detachably maintaining the notice holder 4 in place. With equal facility it is possible to remove the holder 4 when desired.

By having the shank I2 and the eye screw I3 threading into the back board 3 these elements can readily be adjusted for tightness as may be preferred to assure the effective maintenance of a notice holder 4 against misplacement or vibration.

In Figures 6 and '7 I illustrate an embodiment of the invention wherein in lieu of the eye screw I3 is provided a headed shank I4 threading into the back board 3. Freely mounted for rotation upon this shank I4 is a clip I5 of a length greater than the width of a slot I of the holder 4 but also of a length to readily pass through the slot I when in register therewith. Interposed between this clip I5 and the head I4 of the shank I4 is a coil spring I6 which is of a tension to effectively maintain the clip I5 in proper working contact with the applied notice holder.

From the foregoing description it is thought to be obvious that a bulletin'board constructed in accordance with my invention is particularly well adapted for use by reason of the convenience and facility with which it may be assembled and operated, and it will also be obvious that my invention is susceptible of some change and modification without departing from the principles and spirit thereof and for this reason I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precise arrangement and formation of the several parts herein shown in carrying out my invention in practice except as hereinafter claimed.

I claim:-

1. A bulletin board comprising a back board, a notice holder embodying an elongated plate having longitudinally dispose-d open slots in its opposite end portions, a headed member engaged with the back board, the open slot in one por tion of the notice holder allowing said notice holder to be slid into efiective engagement with the headed member, a shank extending out from the back board and extending through the slot in the opposite end portion of the notice holder when the notice holder is in eifective engagement with the headed member, said shank having a part when in one position holding the adjacent end portion of the notice holder in place upon the back board, said part when in a second posi tion ofiering no obstruction to the desired passage of the shank through the slot.

2. A bulletin board comprising a back board, a notice holder embodying an elongated plate having longitudinally disposed open slots in its opposite end portions, a headed member engaged with the back board, the open slot in one portion of the notice holder allowing said notice holder to be slid into effective engagement with the headed member, a shank extending out from the back board and extending through the slot in the opposite end portion of the notice holder when the notice holder is in effective engagement with the headed member, a clip rotatably mounted upon the shank, said clip being of a length in excess of the. width of the slot of the holder through which the shank passes but of a width to pass through such slot when the clip has its longitudinal axis disposed lengthwise of the holder, said shank outwardly of the clip being provided with a head, and a spring encircling the shank between said head and the clip, said spring being of a tension to effectively maintain the clip in proper working contact with the applied holder.

TOLBERT F. GOSSETT. 

